Immigration court

San Francisco Immigration Court

San Francisco, CA, 94104

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Captured September 18, 2026 — about 0 months ago. Decisions made since then are not included.

Quick answer

San Francisco Immigration Court is one of the U.S. immigration courts in this record. The court-wide asylum grant rate in the release is 63.5%. Individual judges at the same court differ substantially, so open a judge below for their own figures. These are historical figures, not a prediction about any case.

All courts

Court-wide grant rate

63.5%

91,004

Decisions on record

193

Judges

Court location

100 Montgomery Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA, 94104

Grant-rate trend

Each point is the grant rate across the 12 months ending in that month — a rolling window, not a single month on its own. A point appears only where those 12 months hold at least 25 decisions. A rolling window covers a much shorter span than the lifetime figure above, so the two can differ materially; both are correct measures of different periods.

5 months are not plotted: the 12 months ending there held fewer than 25 decisions.

Judges on record at this court

Judges at this court, with lifetime grant rate and decisions on record
Judge	Grant rate	Decisions
Seminerio, Frank A.	22.7%	3,761
Ramirez, Laura L.	74.6%	3,380
Deiss, Ila C.	91.1%	3,324
Marks, Dana Leigh	80.2%	3,324
Webber, Polly A.	67.0%	3,180
Hayward, Miriam	75.7%	2,899
Geisse, Loreto	74.5%	2,544
King, Carol A.	72.6%	2,500
Kirchner, Steven M.	40.3%	2,259
Greene III, Charles S.	73.1%	2,246
Teeter, Marilyn J.	60.6%	2,239
Stockton, Bette Kane	60.5%	2,139
Savage, Patrick S.	77.7%	2,091
O'Brien, Patrick S.	33.6%	1,894
Johnson, Jeremiah	78.7%	1,864
Phan-Quang, Tue	67.1%	1,860
Costanzo, Lawrence Di	63.6%	1,777
Phillips, Beverley M.	60.9%	1,723
Swink, Arwen A.	75.0%	1,690
Yamaguchi, Michael J.	33.6%	1,553
Murry, Anthony S.	25.0%	1,534
Gonzalez, Alberto E.	69.0%	1,443
George, Amber D	82.5%	1,391
Yeargin, Robert	65.1%	1,391
Gordon, Louis A.	72.8%	1,349
Levine, Shira M.	97.5%	1,311
Phan, Susan	48.5%	1,294
Gambill, Scott D.	52.5%	1,290
Griswold, Stephen S.	79.4%	1,222
Park, Joseph Y.	40.1%	1,199
Chen, Shuting	79.7%	1,135
Price, Justin M.	82.5%	1,114
Nelson, Julie L.	28.9%	1,113
Young, Elizabeth L.	77.1%	1,032
Simpson, Brian H.	41.8%	1,011
Star, Shadee M.	70.9%	999
Schulz, Karen W.	65.5%	953
Figueroa, Laura C.	81.1%	938
Paulino, Robin K.	69.4%	918
Yam, Mimi	37.8%	887
Lyons, Joren	80.0%	861
Little, Anna C.	82.8%	792
Butler, Jeremy J.	79.7%	784
Slayton, Michelle A.	50.0%	784
Kandler, Edward R.	54.0%	779
Caborn, Andrew J.	32.3%	772
Dillon, Chloe S.	90.6%	725
Davis, Howard R.	62.3%	709
Daw, Alison E	72.8%	655
Ford, Nicholas R	41.0%	637
Picton, Cory M.	55.6%	558
Hoogasian, Amy C.	80.8%	532
Simmons, Gregory L.	34.7%	531
Jackson, Jacqueline J.	76.1%	498
JEFFERSON-WEBB, LETTRICEA L.	73.9%	486
Maggard, Print	82.6%	484
Mccleskey, Loi L.	59.2%	471
Lake, Kelly B.	47.5%	423
Pierce, Curtis F.	67.4%	417
Dinh, Roger H.	27.6%	388
Proctor, George W.	77.4%	380
Jamil, Rebecca	81.0%	379
Brasil, Elisa C.	71.1%	332
Grussendorf, Paul	48.4%	308
Hollis, Wendell A.	55.1%	305
Masterson, Jason R.	66.9%	287
Begovich, Samantha	11.9%	286
Coupe, Dennis F.	35.2%	253
Shugall, Ilyce	69.8%	248
Holyoak, Dalin R.	69.6%	230
Aina, Nathan N.	4.0%	226
Halperin, Ravit R.	25.2%	218
Vigil, Jami	85.3%	217
Nava, Marlem	41.3%	196
Morwood, Dion A.	36.3%	190
Burch, Valerie A.	47.6%	189
Kim, Samuel Y.	93.2%	177
Sanders, Charles J.	31.4%	175
Smith, Gary W.	54.4%	169
Stender, Jacob J.	69.0%	155
Riedthaler-Williams, Jennifer M.	81.3%	134
Bernstein, Jeffrey J.	50.0%	104
Ho, Anna	31.2%	93
Eichenberger, Colin P.	54.0%	87
Nunez, Cynthia M.	85.5%	76
Lilien, Kyra S.	86.7%	75
Ayala, David	75.0%	64
Simpson, Scott	4.9%	61
Randall, Anthony J.	75.4%	57
Cintron, Elanie J.	63.6%	55
Walker, Nathaniel B.	54.6%	55
Phan, Christopher	4.1%	49
Terrazas, Gilda M	12.2%	49
Solow, Bruce W.	56.3%	48
Pepi, Lindsay W.	45.5%	44
Duck, John A.	97.6%	41
Peterson, William C.	51.2%	41
White, Vincent R.	8.1%	37
Carte', John D.	63.6%	33
Burman, Lawrence O.	53.1%	32
Miller, Joe D.	50.0%	30
Williams, Phillip T.	60.0%	30
Neumeister, William David	6.9%	29
Benton, Jimmie Lee	70.4%	27
Gossart, John F.	85.2%	27
Argumedo, Victoria L.	Not reported	23
Wilson, Roberta A.	Not reported	22
Marsteller, Eric W.	Not reported	21
Chamberlin, Florence A.	Not reported	18
Richardson, John W.	Not reported	18
Seppanen, Christopher R.	Not reported	18
Crosland, David W.	Not reported	17
Klein, Eliza	Not reported	16
Dean, Larry R.	Not reported	14
Ehrens, Lisa	Not reported	14
Reese, Agnelis L.	Not reported	14
Bain, Quynh Vu	Not reported	12
Brown, Robert	Not reported	11
Burkholder, Gary D.	Not reported	11
Law, Philip S.	Not reported	11
Livingston, Donn L.	Not reported	11
Owens, Robert P.	Not reported	11
Sagesse, Cathy	Not reported	11
Tadal, Mirlande	Not reported	11
Adams, Justin	Not reported	10
Arellano, Silvia R.	Not reported	10
Horn, Michael C.	Not reported	10
Hughes, Edwin R.	Not reported	10
James, Dennis R.	Not reported	10
Mcgrail, Elizabeth H.	Not reported	10
Thompson, Donald W.	Not reported	10
Yates, Clarease Rankin	Not reported	10
Gillies, John M.	Not reported	9
Williams, John C.	Not reported	9
Copeland, Cary H.	Not reported	8
Cordova, David J.	Not reported	8
Rubin, Shifra	Not reported	8
Smith, Penny M.	Not reported	8
Staton, Jack W.	Not reported	8
Straus, Michael W.	Not reported	8
Weiss, Irene	Not reported	8
Zuniga, Bertha A.	Not reported	8
Chon, Hye Y.	Not reported	7
Ishimoto, Rhana	Not reported	7
Lane, Denise A. Marks	Not reported	7
Laurent, Scott	Not reported	7
Mcphaul, Glenn P.	Not reported	7
Bradley, Kevin G.	Not reported	6
Cheng, David	Not reported	6
Gastley, Harry L.	Not reported	6
Hanson, Mahlon F.	Not reported	6
Hladylowycz, Roxanne C.	Not reported	6
Josephson, Kenneth	Not reported	6
Kaufman, Matthew W.	Not reported	6
Knuck, Richard H.	Not reported	6
Ozmun, Richard R.	Not reported	6
Reichenberg, Margaret R.	Not reported	6
Simons, Anita L.	Not reported	6
Guerrero, Marni	Not reported	5
Olmanson, Kristin W.	Not reported	5
Patti, Sebastian T.	Not reported	5
Vinikoor, Robert D.	Not reported	5
Zlatow, Jeffrey	Not reported	5
Beamer, Dayna	Not reported	4
Dierkes, Joseph	Not reported	4
Habich, Paul M.	Not reported	4
Kouris, Theodora N.	Not reported	4
Levay, Dean A.	Not reported	4
Maury, Carlos E.	Not reported	4
Mccormack, Nancy R.	Not reported	4
Mullins, Ronald L.	Not reported	4
Winkle, Howard Van	Not reported	4
Allen, Janette L.	Not reported	3
Depaolo, Zsa Zsa	Not reported	3
Gorman, Stephanie	Not reported	3
Grande, Guy G.	Not reported	3
Johnston, Paul L.	Not reported	3
Mccloskey, Paul A.	Not reported	3
Picos, Georgina M.	Not reported	3
Villegas, Veronica S.	Not reported	3
Gaz, Jennifer I.	Not reported	2
Mahtabfar, Sunita B.	Not reported	2
Margolin, Daren K.	Not reported	2
Vomacka, Alan A.	Not reported	2
Defonzo, Paul	Not reported	1
Espana, Patrick A.	Not reported	1
Hanrahan, William	Not reported	1
Hornbach, Bernard J.	Not reported	1
Kolbe, Margaret	Not reported	1
Perry, Anne	Not reported	1
Romig, Jeffrey L.	Not reported	1
Tabaddor, A. Ashley	Not reported	1
Trujillo, Eileen R.	Not reported	1

Source and method

These figures come from case data released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act, published by the Deportation Data Project. Imigrar did not produce or estimate them.

Captured on September 18, 2026, about 0 months ago, so it is out of date. The record covers decisions from October 1997 through July 2026; nothing filed or decided after July 2026 appears here.

Grant rates are historical aggregates. They describe decisions already made. They do not predict the outcome of any individual case, and no figure on this page should be read as a forecast of what will happen in yours.

This page is informational only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Only the official EOIR record is authoritative.

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